Metastatic Ocular Melanoma

Melanoma Nursing Webinar Program

This webinar is tailored for melanoma nurses aiming to deepen their understanding of metastatic ocular melanoma.

This session explores risk factors and metastatic patterns, screening and diagnostics and discuss prognosis and treatment options, including current trials. Nurses will gain insights into patient unique risk factors for metastasis, tailored approaches to surveillance and treatment options. From a lived experience consumer, nurses will learn about the impact of living with ocular melanoma and different treatments, equipping them with the knowledge to offer comprehensive care and patient education as critical members of the multidisciplinary team.

Learning outcomes:

Identify the clinical and molecular risk factors for metastatic melanoma
Understand standard surveillance protocols and diagnostics
Summarise current treatment strategies for metastatic disease
Appreciate the impact on a patient of living with ocular melanoma and experience of different treatments
Demonstrate understanding of the nurse’s role in delivering patient-centred education and support related to metastatic melanoma tailored surveillance, treatment and prognosis.

Speakers

	Associate Professor Matteo Carlino Medical Oncologist Matteo Carlino is a Medical Oncologist at Westmead and Blacktown Hospitals, a Clinical Associate Professor at The University of Sydney, and a faculty member at the Melanoma Institute Australia. He undertook a PhD examining predictors of response and mechanisms of resistance to BRAF and MEK inhibitor treated melanoma. He continues to be involved in translational research particularly examining response and mechanisms of resistance to both targeted and immunotherapy. He has a clinical interest in the treatment of melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer and uveal melanoma and is an investigator on multiple Phase I,II and III clinical trials.
	Adrian Dodd, Consumer representative In March 2022 Adrian was diagnosed with a tumor on his eye by Albury Eye Clinic and was referred to a Melbourne ophthalmologist who diagnosed melanoma on the optic nerve. Radiotherapy shrunk the tumour however it resulted in multiple complications requiring removal of the eye this year. Throughout a long career as an accountant, Adrian has run his own accounting practice and consulted widely. Adrian has had lots of restrictions and setbacks since his diagnosis and treatment, and hopes that sharing his journey will help anyone who has contact with or provides treatment to any future patients.

Associate Professor Matteo Carlino

Medical Oncologist

Matteo Carlino is a Medical Oncologist at Westmead and Blacktown Hospitals, a Clinical Associate Professor at The University of Sydney, and a faculty member at the Melanoma Institute Australia. He undertook a PhD examining predictors of response and mechanisms of resistance to BRAF and MEK inhibitor treated melanoma. He continues to be involved in translational research particularly examining response and mechanisms of resistance to both targeted and immunotherapy.
He has a clinical interest in the treatment of melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer and uveal melanoma and is an investigator on multiple Phase I,II and III clinical trials.

Adrian Dodd,

Consumer representative

In March 2022 Adrian was diagnosed with a tumor on his eye by Albury Eye Clinic and was referred to a Melbourne ophthalmologist who diagnosed melanoma on the optic nerve. Radiotherapy shrunk the tumour however it resulted in multiple complications requiring removal of the eye this year.
Throughout a long career as an accountant, Adrian has run his own accounting practice and consulted widely.
Adrian has had lots of restrictions and setbacks since his diagnosis and treatment, and hopes that sharing his journey will help anyone who has contact with or provides treatment to any future patients.

Resource details

Melanoma Nursing Webinar Program VC.53

Course type

Webinars

Duration

60 mins

Curriculum Area

Prevention, screening and diagnostics

Treatment (incl. Supportive Care)

Speciality

Clinician

Nurse

Course Start Date

Thu, 16/01/2025 - 12:00

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Clinical care

Melanoma

Treatment Types

Metastatic Ocular Melanoma

Metastatic Ocular Melanoma